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. 1998 Aug;64(8):3089-91.
doi: 10.1128/AEM.64.8.3089-3091.1998.

Failure of Ixodes ticks to inherit Borrelia afzelii infection

F R Matuschka  1 , T W Schinkel, B Klug, A Spielman, D Richter
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Failure of Ixodes ticks to inherit Borrelia afzelii infection

F R Matuschka et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1998 Aug.

Abstract

To define conditions promoting inherited infection by Lyme disease spirochetes in Ixodes ticks, we variously infected ticks with Borrelia afzelii and examined their progenies by dark-field microscopy, immunofluorescence, PCR, and serial passage. No episode of inherited infection was evident, regardless of instar or gender infected or frequency of exposure. We suggest that these spirochetes rarely, if ever, are inherited by vector ticks.

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